Does a lifestyle intervention in primary healthcare improve cardiovascular risk factors and quality of life in high-risk subjects?
A primary healthcare lifestyle intervention focusing on diet and exercise improves cardiovascular risk factors and quality of life in high-risk patients over one year.
A prevention programme in primary healthcare with a focus on physical activity and diet counselling followed by structured follow-up meetings can favourably influence several risk factors for cardiovascular diseases and quality of life in high-risk subjects for at least one year.
Eriksson et al. (Wed,) studied this question.